tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883676269656188108.post6584251154130385805..comments2023-07-18T10:42:31.043-04:00Comments on Devices and Desires: Comment Dit-On Tasha Kheridden is a Liberal Elitist?Alan Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413914847275660133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883676269656188108.post-90710133126906605102012-01-21T19:47:22.632-05:002012-01-21T19:47:22.632-05:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_bilingualism...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_bilingualism_in_the_public_service_of_Canada<br /><br />As one can see, the number of Francophones in management positions has increased over the years such that in some departments, the language of work is now 80% French. It started to get way out of whack in the mid 1980s when all middle and senior manager positions were designated bilingual, and later when positions that did not really require French were re-classified as a group, rather than having a mix of people who could meet the needs. This makes sense for some departments whose employees mainly serve the public, but other have difficulty (e.g. Transport Canada) finding bilingual talented senior managers, as many pilots and specialists are not among the 17% of Canadians who are bilingual and some have difficulty becoming bilingual at age 50.<br /><br />The Public Service Employment Act and the Official Bilingualism Act and a few others need to be revised, but good luck on that, politically.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921877138481877250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883676269656188108.post-89775019798164964202012-01-20T15:48:35.477-05:002012-01-20T15:48:35.477-05:00Official Bilingualism is Affirmative Action by ano...Official Bilingualism is Affirmative Action by another name. The only difference is that it’s not designed to benefit the “unfortunates” instead, it’s all about the establishment of a new Government Class Aristocracy that will lock these very same people into unearned positions of power, based on nothing more than this flimsy and self serving pretence. <br /><br />It’s like socialism that way. It too believes that an individual’s hard work or merit should not determine their status and wealth in society. They want a society where ideology determines these things. Their “ideology” of course.Blame Crashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03736137844334640019noreply@blogger.com